(Full Time) Engineering Manager - Apps at Substack (United States)
Engineering Manager - Apps
Substack United States
Date Posted: 02 Jun, 2023
Work Location: San Francisco, United States
Salary Offered: $195000 — $225000 yearly
Job Type: Full Time
Experience Required: 3+ years
Remote Work: Yes
Stock Options: No
Vacancies: 1 available
Our Mission
The Substack mission is to build a new economic engine for culture.
As the engineering manager for the App team, you will be responsible for building out the next phase of Substack’s vision. The App team is responsible for iOS, Android, and web destinations. These destinations are central to the experience of using Substack, enabling new forms of online communities, discovery and engagement with the wider network of Substacks, and new forms of expression and creation for all users of Substack.
Role
- Lead the team that develops Substack apps for readers and writers.
- Engage in strategic product vision and direction-setting with your team, peers, and company leadership.
- Scale systems to handle ever-increasing load and a fast-growing ecosystem of writers and readers.
- Contribute to the whole product process in collaboration with designers, writers, support staff, and many others.
- Work directly with customers to solve their problems.
- Partner with product and engineering leaders across the organization on team-wide initiatives and strategy.
- Collaborate with Substack’s recruiting team to hire and retain great engineers.
- We work with JavaScript, especially Node/Express and React, and Postgres.
About You
- At least 2+ years of software engineering management experience.
- Passion for recruiting and building healthy, diverse teams.
- Experience in building social and/or media networks.
- Can contribute across the full web stack, but may have a deeper passion for certain technologies and systems.
- Independent and autonomous.
- Hold yourself and others to a high standard when working on production systems.
- Take pride in building elegant and delightful product experiences.
- Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of thinkers.
- Believe in Substack’s mission to build a better business model for writing.
Substack is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran or disability status. We’re seeking people passionate about enabling independent expression and building a better business model for creators.
About Substack
A place for independent writing.
Company Size: 51 - 250 People
Year Founded: 2017
Country: United States
Company Status: Actively Hiring
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